Database Error Messages

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Updated
Jun 24, 2024

ORA-28016

Privilege privilege_name cannot be granted to SYS.
  • privilege_name: The name of the administrative privilege.

Cause

An attempt was made to grant SYSBACKUP, SYSDG or SYSKM to the SYS user. These administrative privileges cannot be granted to SYS.


Action

Try granting the administrative privilege to other users.